. >>> for more on the gold trade, mandy drury is manning the futures now desk. >> of course the move higher comes just a day before bernanke's beginning his testimony to congress. the big question here is can the fed save gold. let's start talking futures now. what are the gold bugs hoping to hear tomorrow? >> they want to hear that the economy is not strong enough to stand on its own and that qe is going to continue. but really it is the uncertainty of what he is going to say tomorrow, uncertainty about the sequester an what's coming out of the uk where they were drown graded by moody's. that's driving gold higher today. >> i would also like to know how much of today's price might just and short squeeze. how big of a resistance with the $1,600 a ounce be? >> there is an element of short squeeze but the short squeeze was started by concern over the chairman's speech tomorrow and whether he will reengage in the currency war. up to this point it seemed like they'd been a lag gagard in thi. i'd like to have seen more after bottom form over the last few days. today a bear pattern turned